Reminiscences of Mark D. Fichtel : oral history, 2001-2003.

Biographical Note

President/CEO, New York Board of Trade.

Scope and Contents

Born in Pittsburgh, PA; family: father insurance salesman, mother secretary, family involvement w/ Shady Side Academy, two marriages, three children, travel; education: Shady Side Academy (1964), B.A. History Princeton University (1968); career: Prudential Insurance Company, Smith Barney & Co, Kidder Peabody, Smith New Court, American Stock Exchange, President and CEO of the New York Board of Trade--amalgamation of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange and the New York Cotton Exchange, teaching adult education--including course on Islam, consultant work; September 11th: work located at 8th floor of 4 World Trade Center, hearing sound of first plane crash, witnessed flames in North Tower, evacuating building, police presence, calling family, witnessed second plane crash, fireball, panicked street scene, sustaining minor injuries, Grand Central Terminal; post-9/11: new job, experiences in education field, economic impact, future development of World Trade Center Site media coverage; New York Board of Trade: disaster recovery plan for organization, relocation to Queens facility, problems and challenges of phone system; emotional response: psychological effect on family--children, use of grief counselors at work, general effect on the workplace--greater cooperation and care; politics: fundamentalism, civil liberties, criticism of George W. Bush administration, views on Islamic culture and religion, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, view of American culture--American ignorance regarding Islam, Islamic countries and global politics, world poverty, future terrorist threats.

Subjects

• Chief executive officers--Interviews.
• Fichtel, Mark D.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jones, Rory, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• New York Board of Trade (New York, N.Y.)
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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